[68583] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: who offers cheap (personal) 1U colo?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr.)
Sun Mar 14 21:06:12 2004
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 20:02:19 -0600
From: "Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr." <LarrySheldon@cox.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <012a01c40a2f$4b7c3b30$6401a8c0@ssprunk>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Stephen Sprunk wrote:
> Thus spake "Vivien M." <vivienm@dyndns.org>
>
>>Actually, you're forgetting what I think is the biggest reason for doing
>>this: before the user registers via the web-based DHCP thing, they
>>are shown the AUP and have to say they agree to it. If you just leave
>>straight IP connections available in rooms, and people violate the AUP,
>>they can QUITE credibly argue "But I never read this AUP". The
>>web-based DHCP registration system prevents that.
>
>
> Students have an existing legal relationship with the school; they can be
> required to accept the AUP in writing at some point during the enrollment
> process.
It all comes down to how you view the people on your network--students,
faculty, administrators, subscribers, whatever. If they are
"customers" you take one set of views and one way of solving problems.
If you see them as "lusers", to take another.
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